Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers For the week ending Oct. 17


HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

2. “Pursuit of Honor: A Novel” by Vince Flynn (Atria)

3. “Nine Dragons” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

4. “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

5. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn)

6. “A Touch of Dead” by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

7. “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel” by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)

8. “Rough Country,” by John Sandford (Putnam Adult)

9. “An Echo in the Bone” by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte)

10. “Heat Wave” by Richard Castle (Hyperion)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Have a Little Faith: A True Story” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)

2. “Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government” by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)

3. “Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters” by Chesley B. Sullenberg with Jeffrey Zaslow (William Morrow)

4. “True Compass: A Memoir” by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve)

5. “Postsecret” by Frank Warren (Morrow)

6. “Moonwalk” by Michael Jackson (Harmony)

7. “Jim Cramer’s Getting Back To Even” by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster)

8. “The Murder of King Tut” by James Patterson, Martin Dugard (Little, Brown)

9. “Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion” by Gary Vaynerchuk (HarperStudio)

10. “Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman” by Jon Krakauer (Doubleday)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. “The Associate” by John Grisham (Dell)

2. “Cross Country” by James Patterson (Vision)

3. “Heat Lightning” by John Sandford (Berkley)

4. “Just After Sunset: Stories” by Stephen King (Pocket)

5. “True Detectives” by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine)

6. “Razor Sharp” by Fern Michaels (Zebra)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. “Say You’re One of Them” by Uwem Akpan (Little, Brown)

2. “The Shack” by William P. Young (Windblown Media)

3. “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger (Mariner Books)

4. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)

5. “Olive Kitteredge” by Elizabeth Strout (Random House Trade Paperbacks)

6. “Push” by Sapphire (Vintage)